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J. EMMNER,J1-. ELECTRIC MOTOR.

NO. 437.832. Patented Oct." '7, 1890.

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Wifmoo Q o ,UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS EMMNER, JR, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT on COLUMBIA.

ELECTRIC MHOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent KO. 437,832, dated October7, 1890. Application filed August 13, 1389. Renewed September 11, 1890Serial No. 364,678. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Jumps EMMNER, J r., a

I citizen of the United States, residing at WVashington city,in theDistrict of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Electric Motors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to electric motors; and the object is toproduce a motor of this class that will be comparatively inexpensive anddevelop the greatest power with a given current, and at the same time soconstructed that should any of the parts become damaged that part can bereplaced, without reorganizing the whole machine; and to these ends thenovelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement ofthe parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same letters of reference indicate likeparts of the machine.

Figure l is a transverse sectional elevation of the field-magnet andarmature of my improved motor. Fig. 2 is a front View of one of thepoles of the field-magnet. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the base or yokewith the poles of the magnets shown in section. Fig. 4. is a side viewof a section of the central part of the armature, and Fig. 5 is a viewof the armature entire removed from the motor.

As my invention relates principally to the construction of the magnetand armature, to avoid confusion I have illustrated the ma chine withoutshowing the coils or winding of the armature, as these are too wellknown to require any description here.

A is the base or yoke and consists of two pieces of iron A and A B B arethe poles and are constructed of a series of pieces of sheet or castiron I), which are punched or cast of a suitable shape and securedtogether by bolts 11, forming what may be termed a compound electromagnet.

These thin sheets may be magnetically insulated from each other by athin strip of fiber or any suitable material, or they maybe built uptogether without it, if desired. The ends 0 c of the poles B B areinserted in suitable holes 0 c in the base-yoke A and the whole firmlyclamped together by the cross bolts C C.

The armature is a rotary one and consists of a series of sectionalannular rings, each ring being divided into four sections, each sectionbeing exactly alike and consisting of the quadrant D,having an externallug dand an internal lug (1', each lug being provided with a hole,through which passes a bolt E, having nuts 6 e on the outside of the endpieces F F, by means of which the whole can be firmly and rigidlyclamped together to form a practically solid armature, which is mountedupon and secured to the shaft G, so that the whole rotates together.

About the center of the armature, or midway between the end pieces F F,is placed a spider H, through which the shaft G passes, and the ends ofthe arms h of said spider are provided with holes 7L, through which oneof the bolts E passes and which tends to hold the armature as againstcentrifugal force when rotating very rapidly.

In wrapping the armature a series of the sections are bolted together toform a quadrant or quarter-section, and this section is then woundlongitudinally, which can be done very readily owing to its shape, andafter all four are thus wound the end pieces are put on, the spiderbeing placed in position in the middle and the whole screwed up firmlyby means of the bolts and nuts E c. If desirable, the sections of thearmature may be magnetically insulated, as above described, for themagnet.

By this construction of the armature it will be seen that should onesection be damaged or burned out that particular section can be removedand rewound or replaced Without 9 interfering with the rest of thearmature or interfering with the machine proper.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In an electric motor, the combination of the base or yoke formed of twopieces of iron,the

poles bolted between said pieces and formed ture secured to a shaft, andthe middle spider 10 of a series ofpieces of iron bolted together H, allas specified.

and having segmentally scored-out enlarged In testimony whereof Iaffixmy signature in heads capped, as shown, and constituting a presence oftwo witnesses.

compound electro-magnet, the rotary armature formed of a series ofsectional annular JULIUS EMMNER, J R.

rings, each 'ring being a quadrant provided "Witnesses: with lugs, thesaid rings bolted together, as HENRY J. ENNIS, described, to formpractically a solid arma- J. W. MEEK.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 437,832, granted October7, 1890, upon the application of Julius Emmner, jr., of Washington, D.0., for an improvement in Electric Motors, was erroneously issued tosaid Emmner as owner of the said invention; that said Letters Patentshould have been issued to Henry J. Ennis, trustee, of

same place, said Ennis being sole owner of the entire interest therein,as trustee, as

shown by the record of assignments in this Oflice; and that said LettersPatent should be read with this correction therein that the same mayconform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 28th day of October, A. D. 1890.

[SEAL] CYRUS BUSSEY,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Oonntersigned (3. E. MITGHELL,

Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 437,832, granted October7, 1890, upon the application of Julius Emmner, jr., of Washington, D.0., for an improvement in Electric Motors, was erroneously issued tosaid Emmner as owner of the said invention that said Letters Patentshould have been issued to Henry J. Ennis, trustee, of some place, saidEnnis being sole owner of the entire interest therein, as trustee, asshown by the record of assignments in this Oflice; and that said LettersPatent should be read with this correction therein that the same mayconform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 28th day of October, A. D. 1890.

CYRUS BUSSEY, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[snnn] Countersigned G. E. MITCHELL,

Commissioner of Patents.

